More than 50 thousand people Already entered the basilica of San Pedro to Say goodbye to Pope Francis Since on Wednesday State funeralField
The influx is above the expectations of the Vatican. It was expected that the doors of the building were closed at midnight, but were open until 5:30 in the morning. They again opened at seven in the morning of Thursday.
Before arriving there, pilgrims pass A few hours in line on the street. Many arrive early in the morning.
“I got up at 4:30 to be here at 5 a.m.,” says Katherine Plazeck, an American who lives in Rome.
“We came to look at the body, pray for it and be in alliance with the whole church, a universal church,” says Alex Mugalashi, a Catholic priest of Uganda.
A public trace will apply to Early Friday in the eveningThen the field of Karmelengo, Cardinal Kevin Farrell, Seal the coffin accompanied by other cardinals.
The funeral is scheduled for this Saturday at ten in the morning (time of Rome), with The presence of several political leadersPope Francis will then be buried by the Basilica Santa -Maria Major, which is outside the Vatican.
Then begins the period of nine days of mourning, called novamdiales, with a mass per day, which is prescribed by another cardinal.
The death of Francisco on Monday ended with a 12-year pontificate. Dad was 88 years old.